Process:

Your adventure in Ancient Rome begins today!. There are so many things to see and do here in Ancient Rome. Start by visiting all of the links and taking general notes on the information you find there. Keep in mind your ultimate goal: To create a Tour Guide of Ancient Rome which includes historic governmental buildings and the people who played significant parts in Ancient Roman government.

Visit the web pages below and take notes on what you learn. You may also do research on other web pages you discover as you move forward with this project. You will need to be sure to include information about the type of government and the people who were influential in Ancient Rome. You may also include any other interesting facts that you learn that you might want to include in your published Tour Guide. Be sure to take careful notes as you will use these notes to create your Tour Guide.

After your Tour Guide is complete, you and your group will present it to the class. Each group member should be involved in the group presentation. Be sure to skip ahead to the rubric to see exactly what will be required of your group.


Mr. Dowling's Romerome_man.gif

BBC Primary History - Romans

Mr. Donn.org

History For Kids - Ancient Rome

Who Were the Romans?

NeoK12


We promised you some fun and games during your exploration of Ancient Rome, so be sure to visit these sites and continue your learning and experience Ancient Rome for yourself:

We will begin with Roman ARTS. We know that one of the popular forms of art in ancient Rome was the mosaic. You can play a sliding block game first with several actual Roman mosaics.
Sliding Block Mosaic

Then visit this site to create your own mosaic and then print it out to include in your Tour Guide.
Create Your Own Mosaic

Roman ARTIFACTS - Look at the website to see pictures of Roman artifacts, see if you can determine what each was used for. Click on the person on the bottom left of the page to try for yourself, click on the bottom right of the page to find out the real answers.
Roman Artifacts

Roman NUMERALS - Find the answers to this paper using the Roman Numerals Converter at this site.
Roman Numerals

Play Time - What doesn't belong? Play the game Odd One Out to determine which of these items does not actually belong in Ancient Rome. Click on Roman Street to play.
Play Time

Ancient Rome Games - Mr. Donn's Website